Okay, so you disagree with Bush, who claimed lots of political capital. Fine.
Even if he had only a little political capital, he expended it unwisely. When you have little, you don't use it to make things worse.
The “ political capital.” argument is such a pile of horse crap. I don’t know who put that meme out there. Some Bushbot apologist in conservative media (Fred Barnes, Sean Hannity) who kissed his butt for 8 years instead of criticizing him when was wrong.